Reggie Jackson

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This season will mark the Oakland Athletics 50th season on the West Coast. It’s a half-century mark, not unlike the one they had in Philadelphia in 1951. There will be many times throughout the 2018 regular season in which the Oakland Athletics will celebrate this historic milestone. The team has also now committed to being #RootedInOakland from 2019 and beyond, with the announcement of the construction of their new stadium in what locals affectionately call, “The Town.” Upon moving to Oakland from Kansas City in 1968, the Athletics were in their new city just three seasons before winning their first […]

Seven takeaways from MLB week 3 So, this is NEW! – well it’s the second time I’ve done this so I’m leaving the introduction for the first couple of weeks. Each week on Monday (I figure I can handle a small commitment to my blog, right?) I’m going to give you a quick wrap up of seven important things that happened over the past week in MLB, and even some MiLB, plays, events, matchups or whatever it was I would have loved to do an entire post on but didn’t have the time. Because let’s face it, there are 30 […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! The A’s rich history is filled with so many historic moments but which one was truly the luckiest? In honor of St. Patrick’s Day Mike Petriello of MLB.com wrote about each franchise’s luckiest moments. For the Oakland Athletics, he definitely found one. In 1966 the then-Kansas City A’s had the second overall pick in the draft. With the No. 1 pick, the New York Mets chose a catcher named Steve Chilcott, who ended up injuring his shoulder in the minor leagues and never even made it to the majors. The Athletics had to settle for a […]